cgi.FieldStorage() is slow

[Nehal]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:40:17 -0500
Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> The cgi module is a confusing mess of code munged, over the
> years, by many hands. It would take a brave programmer to plunge
> in and do what's necessary.
> 
> not-brave-enough-ly y'rs  - steve
if i were to do it, could i rewrite the functions in the cgi
module?, or would i need to keep the same functions for backward
compatibility?
-- Nehal